Land Chic & Water Babe

In order to prevent the gals from getting into too much mischeif while we were were cleaning the backyard, we turned on the sprinklers. It was a beautiful day, and this was the first "suit up" of the season. Esmé took to the sprinklers immediatley, but Sophie preferred to relax in her chair. She did not want to get wet at all, and cried when Alex squirted her a little with the hose. This is one of the interesting personality differences between the twins. (Another is that Esmé needs a lot more sleep than Sophia--Sophia could party into the wee hours of night--much to mine and Esmé's expense.)

On the other hand, Esmé loves water. I think it is because her core temperature runs a little hotter than many. Her little head sweats a lot particularly when it is hot outside and she doesn't even have that much hair! These are a couple of shots of her running through the sprinklers on backyard cleanup day.

Notice the nice fence in the background. We like the backyard, it is small, but now with the fence up it is like we can be in our own little private world right in downtown SLC.

The colder the water the better, it doesn't phase her, she's is so daring! It is so funny to see her run around the yard with her cute little run. One of our on going projects is to plant some desert plants that don't need a lot of assistance or water. Currently we only have a few and are mostly cultivating weeds. (As our main focus has been the front yard and indoor projects.) Hopefully as the summer progresses you will notice the yard progress too.